Rescued from Fire: A Rare Remnant of the Aleppo Codex

Rescued from Fire: A Rare Remnant of the Aleppo Codex at 20.05.2012

The Israel Museum presents "Rescued from Fire: A Rare Remnant of the Aleppo Codex": a special exhibit.

May 20, 2012-

Location: Shrine of the BookCurator: Adolfo RoitmanMedia: Ink on parchment

On the day of the Aleppo Pogrom, December 1, 1947, Shmuel Sabag collected a scrap of parchment from the pages of the codex. Placed in his wallet, it served as an amulet until his last day. In 2003 his family donated this precious fragment to the Ben-Zvi Institute, and it is now on display at the Museum.